Quick Hit: “Owning” a Hitter

Yesterday, I ventured into the depths of Baseball-Reference to see which pitchers the Yankees hitters have “owned” over the course of their careers. Today, I will use the same parameters (minimum of 10 PA) to see which hitters the Yankees pitchers have most thoroughly dominated. Unfortunately, Messrs Tanaka and Betances have not faced a single batter ten times in their careers.

The most surprising match-up in this list has to be Mike “Career .279/.387/.523, 143 wRC+ v. LHP” Napoli being utterly helpless against Matt Thornton. While small sample size issues and caveats abound, and Thornton has only recently slipped against right-handed hitters, this still seems remarkably out of place.

Though, to be fair, Warren and Pineda holding Pedroia and Bautista, respectively, to equally atrocious slash lines is quite delightful.

Domenic is a staff writer for It's About the Money, and the host of the It's About the Money Stupid podcast. By day, he is a mild-mannered real estate attorney on Long Island, and an aspiring intellectual degenerate.